<p>DS was in anguish at the beginning of this year because he has two deep passions which have caused some academic compromises along this way. Because the importance of junior year seems to have been drilled into all of the kids, he was feeling a lot of internal pressure to let at least one of his loves go to make an academic run for it this year, but we could tell it was killing him. So, we simply asked, How important is X to you? to which he responded without hesitation, I LOVE it! He had already answered his question and was looking for reassurance. We told him, as we always do, to give his studies his best in the time allotted, but never, ever give up on a passion. So, hes treating junior year no differently from his prior two years and is no longer feeling any increased pressure. Failure is not a B. Failure is squelching your heartsong to chase someone elses dream.</p>